ARMY & NAVY: Crimes and Lighthouses

Rear Admiral Sims, retired, might be called the
Maximilian Harden of the United States Navy. He was once President of
the Naval War College at Newport, a sort of post-graduate school
(distinct from the Academy at Annapolis) for training officers in the
theory of naval tactics. As quoted in an interview given the Boston
Transcript, he excoriated the Navy Department for giving high
commands to officers who are not graduates of the War College. Said
the interview: